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12/26/2024
Rejection of Patent Term Extension Case: Dispute on Whether Hydrate Falls Within the Scope of the Claim
12/23/2024
Supreme Court’s Recent Opinion on Plant Variety Right Infringement
11/25/2024
Utility Model or Invention? Insights from Taiwan’s Convenience Store Patents
4/18/2024
The Supreme Administrative Court Judges Rendered Consensus Judgments on the Types of New Drugs Eligible for Patent Linkage and Whether the Authority May Delete Patent Linkage Information ex officio
2/2/2024
Warning Letters Based on Foreign Patents May Be Subject to Fair Trade Act
9/12/2023
Taiwanese Artist Takes a Stand against AI Reproduction of His Works
9/7/2023
Court Judgment Sheds Light on How Overseas Infringers Evaded E-commerce Platforms’ Identity Control
9/1/2023
A Potential Paradigm Shift in PVR Disputes Awaiting Supreme Court Review
8/30/2023
Amendment to Taiwan’s IP Case Adjudication Act Was Implemented on August 30, 2023
8/29/2023
Court Raises Questions about Fictitious Employment Agreement and Its IP Ownership Clause
8/28/2023
Taiwan’s Judicial Yuan Introduces AI System for Drafting Judgments in Criminal Cases
8/14/2023
Q&A: Proposed Abolishment of Trademark Opposition Proceeding in Taiwan
5/25/2023
Taiwan’s IPC Court Sheds More Light on Substantial Similarity Analysis for Artistic Work Featuring Natural Form
5/9/2023
Amendment to Taiwan’s Trademark Act Passed on May 9, 2023
The Most Recent Ruling Rendered by the Supreme Administrative Court: a Trademark Only Need be Well-known to the Relevant Businesses or Consumers to Establish a Claim of Dilution
2/22/2023
Taiwan IP Office’s Data on Patent and Trademark Filings in 2022
2/21/2023
Taiwan Supreme Court: Trademark Counterfeiting Report Should Specify Identification Method
2/14/2023
The Taiwan IPC Court’s Recent Decision on Revocation of a Generic Trademark
1/12/2023
Draft Amendment to Taiwan’s IP Case Adjudication Act Was Passed by the Congress on January 12, 2023
12/6/2022
Double challenge faced by trademarks incorporating geographical indications
11/16/2022
Electronic Patent/Trademark Certificates Will Be Available in Taiwan from January 2023
10/12/2022
Supreme Court’s Recent Decision on Trademark Squatting and Abuse
9/6/2022
Main Points of the Draft Amendment to the IP Case Adjudication Act
8/31/2022
Amendments to the Examination Guidelines on Distinctiveness of Trademarks
7/22/2022
TIPO Will Amend Patent Examination Guidelines to Expressly Accept E-signed POAs in Patent Applications
7/12/2022
How to Decrease Infringement Risk of Trademark Hashtagging?
7/4/2022
Protection of Metaverse-related Trademarks in Taiwan
6/29/2022
Protection of Designs in Virtual World in Taiwan
6/22/2022
IPC Court’s Recent Judgment on Inventor Compensation Favors Employers
6/21/2022
Taiwan Fair Trade Commission’s Recent Decision on Hashtag Misuse in Content Marketing
5/5/2022
TIPO Has Finalized the Draft Amendment to Overhaul Taiwan’s Patent Law
4/28/2022
“Bait-and-switch” Search Engine Optimization Technique and Fair Trade Act Issues
4/22/2022
Suggestive Mark v. Descriptive Mark
4/19/2022
Amendments to Taiwan’s IP Laws Were Passed on April 15, 2022
3/28/2022
What Happens When the Scope of a Registered Mark Has Been Changed by the IP Office’s New Classification of Goods & Services?
11/17/2021
Trademark Use in Taiwan under the COVID-19 Pandemic
10/28/2021
The “Reverse Engineering” Defense in Trade Secret Litigations
9/27/2021
Taiwan Customs Launched a New Online Platform for Border Protection
9/2/2021
DABUS the AI Is Denied Inventorship in Taiwan
8/18/2021
Misuse of Set-top Boxes in the Olympic Games
8/9/2021
A Recent Seminar on Examination Guidelines on Computer Software-related Inventions
7/30/2021
Who Has a Prior Use Defense in a Trademark Case?
7/12/2021
Case Studies of AI-related Inventions in Taiwan’s Patent Examination Guidelines
7/9/2021
Taiwan Customs Will Soon Launch a New Online Platform for Border Protection
6/4/2021
Copyright Infringement of English Language Exams and Compensation
5/21/2021
Pandemic Prevention Measures of Taiwan’s Courts and Intellectual Property Office
5/4/2021
The Fast Track Examination (FTE) Program for Trademark Applications
3/17/2021
Supreme Administrative Court’s Recent Decision on Non-Profit Use of Trademark
2/20/2021
Amended Implementation Rules for PRC’s Patent Law
2/1/2021
IP Court’s Recent Decision on Patent Entitlement Lawsuit with Labor Law Overtones
1/25/2021
IP Court’s Recent Decision on Patent Exhaustion and “Water Goods”
1/18/2021
Taiwan’s First Court Decision on Patent Linkage Lawsuit
1/11/2021
A War of Roses – IP Court’s Recent Decision on Plant Breeder’s Rights
1/4/2021
Karaoke Booths and Copyrights
12/31/2020
TIPO’s New Practices on Examining Class 5 Goods in Trademark Applications
10/30/2020
Highlights of the Recent Amendment to China’s Patent Law (Regarding Application and Prosecution)
10/20/2020
The Positive Interview Program for Startups Will Be Piloted Since January 2021
10/6/2020
Amendment to Design Examination Benchmark Will Take Effect from November 1, 2020
9/30/2020
Revised Operation Directions for Third-Party Observations
8/28/2020
Reduction of Patent Annuities
Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions on Covenants Not to Compete
8/20/2020
Buyers of Fake Imports Can Be Fined by the Customs
8/14/2020
The Aftermath of the IP Court’s Decision on Daimler v. DEPO
7/31/2020
Positive Interview Program for Startups
7/23/2020
A District Court Raised the Alarm on the Privacy Harms of Mobile Phone Tracking
7/15/2020
IP-Labor Law Cases Transferred out from the IP Court
7/7/2020
A Case about Mascots for Soup Dumplings
6/11/2020
IP Court’s New Decision on Enforcement of Utility Model Patent
5/27/2020
Should an IP Indemnity Be Premised on Actual Infringement?
5/20/2020
A Case of Karaoke Booth
5/5/2020
[Important!] TIPO’s New Announcement on Relief for Delay of Deadline
4/21/2020
TIPO Will Implement a Fast Track Trademark Examination Program Since May 1, 2020
3/17/2020
TIPO’s Measures to Cope with the COVID-19 Outbreak
3/9/2020
TIPO Proposes to Relax the Rules of Copyright Law on Works Made For Hire
2/18/2020
Recent Development of Mosaic Theory in Taiwan’s Privacy Law
2/7/2020
IP Office’s Data on Patent and Trademark Filings in 2019
2/3/2020
Use Copyright to Attack Parallel Trader and Surrogate Shopper
1/31/2020
New Type of Declaratory Judgment Proposed to be Introduced into Taiwan’s Patent Linkage System
1/21/2020
Taiwan’s Medical Device Management Act Was Promulgated on January 15, 2020
1/13/2020
Employer’s Duty to Compensate Employee Is Not Released After the Patent Is Invalidated
1/10/2020
A Recent Judgment on Cashability of Bitcoins
1/2/2020
Foreign Trade Secret Owners Are Better Protected under the Newly Amended Trade Secret Law
12/30/2019
How are Virtual Currencies Seized, Confiscated and Auctioned in Taiwan?
12/19/2019
Taiwan’s IP Court Will Be Reshaped into a New Forum
12/18/2019
TIPO’s Report on AI related Patent Applications filed in 2018
12/10/2019
Can a Bag Design be Copyrighted?
11/29/2019
IP Court’s Recent Judgment on Invention Made for Hire Favors Employers
10/21/2019
Supreme Court’s Recent Decision on Protective Measures for Trade Secrets
10/14/2019
IP Court’s Recent Antitrust Law Decision Shakes Taiwan’s Auto Parts Industry
8/8/2019
Taiwan’s Patent Linkage System will be Implemented from August 20, 2019
8/5/2019
Enhance Control over Post-License Inventory Through Fair Trade Act
8/2/2019
Amendments to Taiwan's Patent Law Will be Implemented From November 1, 2019
8/1/2019
Trademark Fee Reduction in China Starting from July 1, 2019
7/29/2019
Can a Forum Selection Clause Divest Taiwan Courts of Jurisdiction?
7/25/2019
IP Address as Digital Footprint Evidence Questioned in Copyright Cases
7/23/2019
The Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act Reshapes Taiwan’s Cosmetic Regulation
7/8/2019
Grand Chambers Are Established at Courts of Final Appeals
7/2/2019
Supreme Administrative Court’s Recent Decision on Misleading Ad
6/26/2019
Taiwan’s IP Court Might be Consolidated into a New Court in the Future
6/21/2019
TIPO Issues Guidelines on Third-Party Submissions in Trademark Application Proceedings
6/20/2019
Taiwan Government’s Proposals to Curb “Origin Laundering”
6/19/2019
The Supreme Administrative Court Adopts Stricter Standard of Proof for Trademark Use
6/18/2019
Taiwan Government’s Initiative to Secure Forensic Evidence with Blockchain
6/3/2019
Commercial Success Recognized by IP Court to Support Patent’s Non-Obviousness
4/19/2019
Amendment to Copyright Law to Combat Illegal Setup Boxes and Apps
4/18/2019
Amendments to Taiwan's Patent Law Were Passed
2/25/2019
Reforms of Administrative Appeals System on the Agenda
2/22/2019
Taiwan's Supreme Court's New Decision on Contract Manufacturers' Infringement Liabilities
1/30/2019
IP Office’s Data on Patent and Trademark Filings in 2018
1/15/2019
Taiwan IP Court's Jurisdiction over Abroad E-Commerce Sites
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